Quick Definition
κουστωδία, ας, ἡ n.f. a guard
Strong's Definition
of Latin origin; "custody", i.e. a Roman sentry
KJV Usage: watch
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κουστωδία, -ας [B. 17 (16) ], ἡ, (a Lat. word), guard: used of the Roman soldiers guarding the sepulchre of Christ, Mt. xxvii. 65 sq.; xxviii. 11. (Ev. Nic. ¢. 13.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
κουστωδία koustōdia 3x
a watch, guard, Mt. 27:65, 66; 28:11*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
*† κουστωδία, -ας, ἡ, (Lat. custodia), a guard: Mt 27:65, 66 28:11.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
κουστωδία. P Oxy II. 294? (A.D. 22) (= Selections, p. 35) ἐν κοσ[τ]ωδε[ίᾳ εἰσί is, so faras we know, the earliest ex. of this borrowed word. For the spelling κουστωδία, as in Mt 27%f, 284, cf P Ryl II. 189?(a.p, 128) δημοσίο(υ) ἱματισμοῦ κουστωδιῶν, ‘‘ public clothing for the guards”: see also Hatzidakis Gy. p. 109. Ina fragmentary report referring to the Jewish War of Trajan, P Par 684-8, we find κωστωδία —raira ἐγένετο ὅτι τινὰς ἐπὶ κωστωδίαν ἥρπασαν καὶ [τοὺς ἁρπασθέντ]ας ἐτραυμάτισαν : the word is similarly restored in BGU I. 341° (ii/A.D.).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
κουστωδία (koustōdia) — guard. κουστωδία, ἡ, = Latin custodia, [NT]